Burgundian Wars
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The Burgundian Wars were a conflict between the Burgundian State and the Old Swiss Confederacy and its allies. Open war broke out in 1474, and the Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Bold, was defeated thre
The battle of Morat, from Diebold Schilling's Berne Chronicle
Charles the Bold, a contemporary portrait by Rogier van der Weyden
Assault of the Burgundian army on the walls of Morat (22 June 1476)
Jacques of Savoy, Count of Romont was a member of the House of Savoy and military commander during the Burgundian Wars.
Portrait by Hans Memling, 1470s
Depiction of the looting of Vaud in the Luzerner Schilling